Abstract:
The data resides in 10 books, 'Beobachtungen des observations de l'Observatoire Magnetique et Meteorolgique a Ekaterinbourg' (C/db AO-E) written in German and Russian; 'Distribution des Precipitations et Epaisseur de la Neige' (C/db AO-Ep) written in French and Russian; and 'Observations de l'Observatoire Meteorologique de l'Institut Forestier Imperiale St. Petersburg' (C/db Ao-F) written in ... French and Russian.

The data contained in these books are hourly surface and upper air observations and daily and monthly surface climatic data for each month from 1876 to 1918. Magnetic observations are also included in the data. These data are for all of Russia, but the tabular observations are for Ekaterinbourg and St. Petersburg, Russia.

Parameters included in the hourly observations are pressure, air and soil temperature, humidity, cloudiness, cloud movement, upper-level and surface winds, sunshine, and precipitation.

These books are part of the foreign meteorological data collection held by the NOAA Central Library in Washington, DC. Information in this collection dates back to the 18th century for daily, monthly, seasonal, and annual tabular summaries, and the 19th century for weather maps. These data are the result of foreign exchange agreements, but the collection has not been updated since 1983.